Doily package



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DOILY PACKAGE Filed June 21, 1952 2 Sheet s-Sheet 1 F 5 4 E 4.5 E iINVENTOR. MAL/Q4414. Poe-HM HTTOR/VEY W. A. ROEHM DOILY PACKAGE Dec. 22,1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 21, 1952 INVEN TOR.

.M W. Z a 0 R W 4 5 l- Patented Dec. 22, 1953 0 N1 TED TAT ES PAT2,663,415

noitY PACKAGE William -A. men-m, "Rockvi Ile Chtra'hi.

signor whom-Late Paper workaintignrutn 'lyn, N. Y., a corporation of NewYork Kp'plicatioh June 21, 1952, s'er ia l Nb.

(CL ZOE-=5?) 6 claims.

This invention is directed to paper domes and packages wherein they maybe shipped and stor'ed in the hands of the ultiinatepurcha's'er without"soiling or damage while awaiting use.

It is the common practice 'to inerchandis'e'doiliesin the form ofstacksoi ado'ze'n brinore, within wholly or partially transparentenvelopes coinrnoniy made fromcellcipliaiie, glass'ine, or the like.Such envelopes 'afiord satisfactory brotection to the doilies untilthe'enyelope is opened, but generally the opening of the envelope causesitv to be torn, so that the domes are no longer adeduately protected.When placed in drawers with linens, dish towels, and zither articles,the? -become separated from one "another, torn, soiled, and otherwiseunfit for further use. A large percentage of the domes packaged in thiscohventional manner are damaged and spoiled before they are used. I V wThe object of the present invention is to provide a package in which tloili'es may be satisfac' toril'y merchandised to theiilt'imate consumerand in which package the}; are adapted to remain secured untilindividually removed thi from for use. Such apatkage thus becomes apermanent container for the doilies until the last one thereof has beenused, after which the can'- taiher is discarded. H V

In practically carrying "out the invention, I provide each doily with anattachingtab joined to the body of the doily at a line of Weakness. Thedoilies are so stacked that the tabs of an "01f them register with andoverlie one another and as such constitute attaching devices whereby thestack may be secured to a hacking hf cardboard or the like which becomesa permanent holder for the doilie's. Over the forward face of thisbacking and over the domes secured thereto is placed a transparentsheet, serving an cover, adhered to the backing along zones completelysurrounding the doil'ies so a; to form asealed container therefor. Thiscontainer effectually protects the domes against soiling ordamag'eduring shipment and storage until the container opened. i v,

The backing is so farmed that, w en it is desired to remove 'a do'i13}from the package, a portion bf the backing may be broken away and thisbroken away portion 'c't'mstitii'tes a-iinger piece,

whereby the dailies may be uncovered to permit of ready access, leavingthe transparent sheet in a condition to thereafter serve as a flap coverfor the doilies. V

The package, in the hands tithe uitirn'ate consinner, may be h ng i biiU 8 inside of acibset Y adapted to beremoved fro 'dividuaii tearingthen; if"

Features of the i' t 'difi 63155355. H taine'r and securea in p are th"the baeki t rn the enclosed d01 1 m S w; net hi the torttaihertoliiioverth 1 he "si init'the 'do'iii'es to F i Fig. 6 is a tw 's' Winethe r sis-a Sheet ih l w r d i certain 'doili'es s'u a .i "m n showingaces where some of the 'ddilis have been removed.

Fig". '8 is a if the the or wet im In making the v i'iit car aid 4,which constitutes a hacking, im m a transpar ent sheet 4 of flexiblematerial, which may be of vinyl or any other suitable plastic orcellophane or the like. The width of this sheet corresponds to the widthof the cardboard backing I and the lateral edges, as well as the bottomedge of the sheet, are registered with the edges of the backing, but thesheet 4 is sufficiently long to extend :somewhat above the upper edge ofthe backing asindicated in Fig. 1.

After being brought into the relation shown in Fig. 1, the sheet 4 ismarginally adhesively secured to the backing I along the marginal zonesindicated by the light stippling in this figure; that is to say,throughout the front surface of the finger piece 3 and up along thelateral edges of the backing to points 6 spaced from the upper edge ofthe backing. This latter spacing is provided so that, after the sheet ihas been attached to the backing as described, the upper portion of thissheet may be folded back, as shown in. Fig. 2, to permit .a plurality ofstacks of doilies D, DI, D2 tolbe introduced into the resultingcontainer and secured to the backing I as shown. l

To permit this attachment, each of the doilies is provided with one ormore attaching tabs 1, one of which is shown in Fig. 8. Thistab may beof any convenient size and shape and associated .withthe doilies in anydesired manner. However, I prefer to utilize for this tab, a portion ofthe scrap which is normally cut away from the stock from which thedoilies are made.

Inotherwords, allof. the scrap is cut away and separated from the doilyexcept a portionsuitable to form the tab I, that tab being left integralwith and attached to the doily at a line of weakness 8, so that thedoily proper may be easily'torn from the tab. Although the tab may beofany desired shape, I preferably form it with a relatively narrow neckwhere it joins the body to inherently provide a line of weakness at thispoint. i I

Inpackaging the doilies within the container shown in- Fig. 1, doiliesof a single size or of assorted sizes are assembledin stacks with thetabs of all of the doilies registering with one another and. they areintroduced through the open top of. the container and thereupon a wirestaple 8 is passed through all of the tabs and through the backing, asshown best in Figs. 2 and '7. This staple serves to attach all of thedoilies, in the positions shown, to the backing and between the backingI and the transparent display sheet and cover i. When attaching thedoilies to the back sheet as stated, Imay position beneath the stapleand overlying the tabs, a metal or plastic plate having an upstandingprong or hook ill, the purpose of which will be presently explained.

After the doilies have beenassembled within the container and attachedto the back sheet as described, the loose upper portion of the sheet iin Figs. 1 and 2 is folded upwardly and marginal- 1y secured along thelateral edges of the backing I while that portion which extends abovethe backing is bent downwardly over the edge of the a 4 may beconveniently and efliciently displayed on sales counters and elsewherein a manner. to attract the ultimate consumer.

When such a package is bought and taken home, it may be stored untilused in the condition specified. However, when one or more doilies aredesired, the package is opened in the following manner:

While the main body portion of the package is held firmly in the hand oron a table with the finger piece extending over the edge, the fingerpiece 3 is grasped and bent back and forth about the axis of the line ofweakness 2, until the finger piece breaks free from the remainder of thebacking. In practice a relatively soft cardboard is used. for thebacking and the line of weakness is so constituted that the separationof the finger piece as stated may be readily accomplished.

After the finger piece 3 has been released from the remainder of thebacking, the package is held firmly While the finger piece is drawn inthe direction of the upper edge of the package. This operation causesthe adhesively secured margins to be stripped from the backingafter themanner appearing in Fig. 4. The relatively soft grade of cardboard usedfor the backing permits this separation of the margins to be readilyaccomplished. It is continued until the transparent sheet 4 is separatedalong its entire lateral edges, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to uncover andexpose all of the doilies. One may then select from any of the threestacks D, DI, D2, such doilies as desired for the particular use at handand the selected doilies may be'individually removed by simply tearingthem from their individual tabs along their lines of weakness 8. I

As doilies are generally made of relatively thin paper stock and tend tocling to one another, there is always the probabilitythat one or moredoilies than are actually required may be removed. If this is done, thesurplus doilies,,designated d in Figs. 6 and 7, may be hung onthe hook IE, as shown in thesefigures, where they will remain until they aredesired for some subsequent use. Also additionaldoilies may be hung onthe hook if so desired to replenish those of a size which may have beenexhausted from the stock.

In the meantime the package may be most conveniently stored by hangingit upon the inside of a cupboard door by the employment ofthumb tacksII, indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, or in any other suitable manner. Whenthus hung in vertical position on a door, the backing I will tightly hugthe surface of the door, while the transparent display sheet 4 will hangsheer over and cover the several doilies. The finger piece 3 will act asa stiffener for the cover sheet 4 to preclude any clean and serviceableuntil the last doily has been used.

An important feature of the present invention resides in the fact thatthe package of this invention does not materially add to the cost ofpackaging as heretofore carried out while possessing features andadvantages wholly absent from prior practice.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in itspreferred practical form and the invention is to be understood as fullycommensurate with the appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A package comprising: a backing sheet provided across one end thereofwith a finger piece joined to the remainder of the backing by adisruptable line of weakness, a stack of doilies forwardly of saidbacking and having individual attaching tabs permanently secured to thebacking, and a cover sheet marginally permanently secured to both thefinger piece and to the opposite end of the backing and separablysecured along the lateral margins of the backing, whereby said coversheet may be stripped from said latter margins of the backing when thefinger piece is separated from the backing, to expose the doilies forindividual removal, said backing sheet being heavier than said coversheet.

2. A package according to claim 1, wherein the cover sheet istransparent.

3. A package according to claim 1, wherein the backing is cardboard andthe cover sheet is transparent.

4. A package according to claim 1, wherein there is inclued a pluralityof stacks of doilies of difierent sizes, the attaching tabs of all ofwhich register with and overlie one another and are secured to thebacking by the same attaching means.

5. A package according to claim 1, including a hook to support withinthe package doilies inadvertently detached from their tabs, said hookbeing retained in place by means which also secures said tabs to saidbacking.

6. A sealed doily containing package comprising: a backing sheet havingin spaced relation to one of its ends a transverse disruptable line ofweakness to provide at that end of the sheet a removable finger piece, aplurality of doilies, an individual supporting tab integral with eachdoily and extending beyond the periphery thereof and joined thereto by arendable line of weakness, said doilies being stacked against the frontface of the backing sheet with their tabs in superimposed relation, andmeans for attaching all of said tabs to one another and to the backingsheet while leaving the doilies free from direct attachment to saidsheet to permit them to be individually removed from the stack, incombination with a cover sheet overlying the front face of the backingsheet and said stack of doilies thereon, said cover sheet beingpermanently secured at one end to the finger piece and at its oppositeend to the backing sheet in spaced relation to the doilies, and thelateral margins of both the cover and backing sheets being separablysecured to one another remote from the doilies to provide a closedsealed envelope for said doilies, whereby the envelope may be unsealedby tearing the finger piece from the remainder of the backing sheetalong the interposed line of weakness and stripping the lateral marginsof the cover sheet from the backing sheet to uncover the doilies forindividual removal while leaving the cover sheet attached to the backingsheet at the end of the latter remote from the finger piece.

WILLIAM A. ROEHM.

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